Improvement in stove-legs



E. EVANS.

- Stove Leg. 05102330: Patented May 10,1876.

' To all whom it may concern 5 form a part of thisspecification, a

:The .nature of my' invention consists in the con-. strnction and arrangeme'ntiof a fastening for stoveilli Y L Li-A EfV'AN s, or s P ART A, 0-H I 0.

I Letters'P a tent No. 102,930, dated MaylO, 1870;

Y IMPROVEMENT m STOVE-LEGS.

, The Schedule referred to in these Iiettera Patent and making part of the same.

Be it-known' that I,-E13IJ A H'EVANS, of Sparta, in the county of Morrow and, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements-inStove- Leg Fastenings; and I do herebydeclarethat the'fol lowingjis a full, 0lQtl',itlld exact description thereof,

reference being had :to. the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which -legs,:as will be hereinafter more fully set. forth.

"In order-tox enable-others skilled in theart to which my invention ,appertains to makeand'use the same, I will now proceed to describe' its construction and operation, referring to theannexed drawings,

in wluch-'- i y Figure 1 is alon gitudinal vertical section of a stovei leg, showing the manner of fastening the 'saine'to the bottom of the stove, and

' a Figure 2 is afront View of the same.

1 Arepresents a p rtion of thehottom ofastove to which one of the-legsis to be fastened.

" On "he under side of the bottom A, near the outer edge, are placed twolugs a a, a suitable distance apart, so that the knee of the stove-leg will fit between them; \A suitable distance in rear of the lugsa a, on.tl1e under side of the bottom'A, is a bar or flange, b.

The dovetaillformed by the flanges 12 and f may,

instead of running across the stove-leg, as above set forth, run lengthwise, when the projection d, on the bottom of ,the .stove,will be suitably changed, so as tolock oi-fasten the stove-leg by means of a ball, block, or roller, as described.

To release and remove the stove-leg, it is only necessary to raise the block it up, when it can be readily 3 taken out and the stove-leg removed, the rear side of which is inclined downward and toward the rear, as

seen in fig. 1. And a short distance in "rear of the flange b is a projection, d, which extends, onthe front side, perpendicularly downward.

v The stove-leg B is bent, so as to-form the knee e,.

' which fits in betweenthe lugs a a. Its upper portion is then 'bent slightly downward, and extends toward the rear, having on its upper side a projecting flange, f, which is inclined on its frontside so as to correspond, and form a dovetail with the inclined flange b i on the bottom-A.

The rear end of thestove-leg is spread downward,

and slightly curved toward the lower edge, and has a small projecting flange, i, on the sides 'andlower edge.

\Vhen, now, the leg Bis placed so thatthekneefits in between thelugs a a, and thc flanges b and f ongage, as shown, a block, or roller, or ball, 71, is inserted between the rear end of the stove-leg and the projection 11, which block or roller falls down against the curved portion between the flanges t t, and locks the leg firmly in place.

V I Having thus fully'described my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to securehy Let:

ters Patent, is-- 1.- The lugs to a, flanged), and projection (1, construeted as described, and arranged on the underside of the bottom of a stove, substantially as and for the I purposes herein set forth. x I r 2. The stovedeg B,'constructed as described, and

provided with flange if; and ,its rear end curved and I provided with flange 12, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

1 3. The combination of the bottom A, having lugs a a, flange'b, and projection 11, with the stove-leg B, constructed as described, and'the block it or its equivalent, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, Iaiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. e

ELTJ AH EVANS.

\Vitnesses 1 O. ALEXANDER, J. V. WH1TE. 

